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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| 1925. | 1924. | 1923. | 1922. | 1921. | ||||||
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| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| umber of persons dealt with at or in connection with the out patient Clinic for the first time and found to be suffering from:— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Syphilis | 24 | 34 | 29 | 42 | 23 | 34 | 28 | 30 | 48 | 31 |
| Soft Chance | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | 2 | 1 |
| Gonorrhœa | 57 | 26 | 44 | 32 | 40 | 53 | 13 | 49 | 19 | |
| Not suffering from venereal disease | 35 | 96 | 25 | 51 | 16 | 35 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 19 |
| 116 | 156 | 101 | 125 | 89 | 105 | 63 | 117 | 70 | ||
| Of these the number of patients from Croydon was | 222 | 121 | 134 | |||||||
| Number of persons discharged from the outpatient Clinic after completion of treatment for:— | ||||||||||
| Syphilis | 7 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| Soft Chancre | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Gonorrhœa | 2 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| Conditions other than Venereal | — | — | — | — | 16 | 35 | 17 | 11 | — | — |
| 25 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 57 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 3 | ||
| umber of persons who ceased to attend the out-patient Clinic without completing treatment or after completion of treatment but before final tests as to cure, and who were suffering from: — | ||||||||||
| Syphilis | 19 | 27 | 17 | 21 | 29 | 43 | 35 | 22 | 21 | 27 |
| Soft Chancre | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 4 | 1 |
| Gonorrhœa | 29 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 49 | 19 | 44 | 34 | 25 | |
| Conditions other than Venereal | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 9 | — | — |
| 48 | 50 | 42 | 34 | 79 | 62 | 84 | 39 | 59 | 53 | |
| Total attendances of all persons at the out patient Clinic who were suffering from:— | ||||||||||
| Syphilis | 554 | 626 | 498 | 601 | 609 | 647 | 685 | 657 | 739 | 692 |
| Soft Chancre | 9 | — | 45 | — | 27 | — | 18 | — | 3 | 11 |
| Gonorrhœa | 2096 | 409 | 1186 | 284 | 1160 | 317 | 1683 | 173 | 1441 | |
| Not suffering from venereal disease | 54 | 195 | 45 | 97 | 30 | 59 | 41 | 41 | ||
| 2713 | 1230 | 1774 | 982 | 1826 | 1023 | 2425 | 898 | 2224 | 1039 | |
| Of these the following were the attendances of Crovdon patients | 2727 | 1735 | 1950 | 2408 | 2488 | |||||
| Aggregate number of "in-patient days of treatment given to persons suffering from:— | ||||||||||
| Syphilis | 211 | 214 | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | 32 | — |
| Gonorrhœa | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 211 | 243 | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | 32 | — | |
| ???oydon ''in-patient" days | 287 | 52 | 32 | |||||||
| Number of persons treated with Salvarsan substitutes | 122 | 119 | 92 | 103 | 78 | 79 | 42 | 44 | 59 | 48 |
| Number of doses of Salvarsan substitutes given | 676 | 516 | 401 | 382 | 370 | |||||
| ???oydon | 552 | 268 | 185 | 190 | ||||||
| Examinations of pathological material: secimens from persons attending at the Treatment Centre which were sent for examination to an independent laboratory:— | ||||||||||
| For detection of spirochaetes | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| ,, ,, gonococci | 175 | 136 | 100 | 139 | 162 | |||||
| ,, Wassermann reaction | 274 | 258 | 187 | 266 | 250 | |||||
| ,, Others | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 394 | 287 | 405 | 412 | |||||||